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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Nickolas Kramer got Iowa-married to spouse Jason Cadek in 2013 and have adopted a daughter, Alice. They are plaintiffs to the same-sex marriage suit brought by the ACLU.
Nebraska's Attorney General, Don Peterson, with the blessing of Governor Pete Ricketts, is spending whatever it takes of your taxes to fight gay marriage every step of the way in Nebraska, even though it is already legal in 37 states and will soon be in every state surrounding Nebraska.Kramer's first blog post in the World-Herald made us well up with disgust with Peterson all over again:

...Now, imagine that the state you live in doesn't recognize your
marriage, or your legal ties to your child. Pretend that the state you
live in makes it difficult to get family health insurance, makes you
carry an armload of papers to take your child to the doctor, makes you
draft durable power-of-attorney documents every six months, excludes
your child and spouse for social security and spousal benefits. As a
same-sex family, these are just a few of the challenges we face every
day. ...Because of the laws in Nebraska, my family is at a
clear disadvantage. I am the only legal parent of our daughter. Since
our marriage is not recognized, we are forbid from completing a
second-parent adoption. In the eyes of the law, my husband is a stranger
to his daughter. He is unable to make medical decisions, unless he is
carrying power-of-attorney papers. We are unable to receive marriage
related tax-breaks – don’t even get me started on how complicated it is
to file taxes. We may not be able to receive spousal social security or
surviving spouse retirement benefits. Without proof of power of
attorney, we are unable to make medical decisions for each other in an
emergency. The funny thing about all of these issues is that they could
be solved with one strike of the judge's gavel.

Maynard (Bob "Gilligan's Island" Denver) slyly flashes a nipple to the CBS eye while trying to talk his best buddy Dobie Gillis (Dwayne Hick­man) into taking off all his clothes. Whoever said 1950s television was a vast waste­land obviously didn't know where to look.